Aristotle's Modes of Persuasion

Pathos, Logos and Ethos are Aristotle's three main forms of appealing work to an audience, also known as Aristotle's Modes of Persuasion. Ethos relates to ethics. It is used when a persuader uses someone's (usually a celebrity) credibility to enforce or convince someone of an idea. For example, when toothpaste companies say "9/10 dentists say this product is the best of it's kind," they're applying the logic of ethos. Pathos is an appeal to one's emotions. It usually entails an ad or any other work creating, or finding, a convincing story that makes the viewer feel guilty or show empathy. For example, a lot of companies like UNICEF advertise young children in poverty in hopes that when you see it, you'll donate to their cause. Logos is using logic to form your argument. Most prominently used are statistics, even if they're made up. For example, if I wanted to convince you to buy my specific mattress, I'd tell you that 75% of other companies sell mattresses that cause back problems. However, the facts used in most arguments using logos are true.

Senior Art Term 3 Week 2

A new term and we're already far too close to the end of the year. My kaupapa is something along of the lines of the hand life dealt. So kind of like looking at the things people get stuck with just by living. This may change as I suck at commitment :)

In the last week or so, I've been working both on drawing from references and things from my mind, as you can see in the following.

 It's upside down :(

This is a piece I did on my own at home. I'm not really sure how to describe it. I would like to redo it at some point as I use my own paints and the proportions of the hand itself which makes it look quite strange. I originally had a different version of the hand which was drawn better but I messed up the painting :(

This is a work in progress that is kinda the basis of my main overall idea. You can't quite tell yet ut it's meant to be the idea of life is a game where a minority has a clear disadvantage. I'm trying to show this as it's like some people are given a deck, ridden with things like prejudice and brutality, that is worse than others. I honestly have forgotten what the other letters stand for.

                                                                     

(Rock hand, hanging hand) These are just some reference practices that I haven't really fully realised yet.  Also one is missing some fingers.

                This one's also upside down :(

(Adam's Creation) So this one is just a finger at the moment but I'm getting there. I had to start again as it didn't work the first time. What I'd like to do is take a hand like God's in Adam's Creation and have a snake biting the pointing finger and kinda like hanging off of it. I guess it's like the kind of backhanded nature of what religion can be.

This one's just a different piece I did but in watercolour and smaller.

This is my current checklist for the 1.2 (we've already achieved the 1.1) and where I think I am. However, I could be horribly wrong :)